URL / Webloc drop

In article , Chris Schram
wrote:

> Rik wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have any pointers or sample code to handle the drop of a URL
> > or "webloc" from something like Safari on to an Applescript application?
>
> Maybe I'm missing the big picture here (wouldn't be the forst time), but
> why not just double-click the .webloc file? What exactly are tou trying
> to do?

Obviously, Rik wants to do something with the URL inside the file.

To actually get to the URL, you're going to need some way to read the
resources, as the URL is stored in a 'url ' resource. The page title
is stored in a 'urln' resource. (The URL also appears in the 'TEXT'
resource.)

It looks like what you need is the SatImage scripting addition here:

http://www.satimage.fr/software/en/downloads_osaxen.html

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>Jerry Kindall wrote:

> To actually get to the URL, you're going to need some way to read the
> resources, as the URL is stored in a 'url ' resource. The page title
> is stored in a 'urln' resource. (The URL also appears in the 'TEXT'
> resource.)

> It looks like what you need is the SatImage scripting addition here:
>
> http://www.satimage.fr/software/en/downloads_osaxen.html

Thanks. I willl take a look at these examples.

What I am trying to do is create a droplet that will accept URLs that
are dragged and dropped from either a web browser or from a .webloc file
from Finder. I'm not currently sure which object type the URL from the
browser is (e.g. if you drag the URL icon from the URL bar on Safari).
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rik

In article ,
news DeleteThis @tcpip.fsnet.co.uk (Rik) wrote:

> >Jerry Kindall wrote:
>
> > To actually get to the URL, you're going to need some way to read the
> > resources, as the URL is stored in a 'url ' resource. The page title
> > is stored in a 'urln' resource. (The URL also appears in the 'TEXT'
> > resource.)
>
> > It looks like what you need is the SatImage scripting addition here:
> >
> > http://www.satimage.fr/software/en/downloads_osaxen.html
>
> Thanks. I willl take a look at these examples.
>
> What I am trying to do is create a droplet that will accept URLs that
> are dragged and dropped from either a web browser or from a .webloc file
> from Finder.

For webloc files, the Finder (10.3.4 works, older versions may be broken
though) should do just fine.

-- quick example. Drop ONE webloc on the droplet for results.
on open x
tell application "Finder"
set y to location of internet location file (x as text)
display dialog y
end tell
end open

If you want to do url's straight from the browser, I think you are going
to have to learn a little Cocoa. At the very least, it will require
something besides a standard script droplet (Applescript Studio App)
since droplets won't accept URL drops. You might find this interesting.

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/O
bjC_classic/Classes/NSPasteboard.html

I've got cocoa code lying around for NSTableViews and such, but not for
drops directly on an app's icon. It probably only requires you to
declare the URI handlers in the info.plist and catch it in the right
place though.

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Conceptual/LaunchServices
Concepts/LSCConcepts/chapter_2_section_4.html

nobody wrote:

> For webloc files, the Finder (10.3.4 works, older versions may be broken
> though) should do just fine.
>
> -- quick example. Drop ONE webloc on the droplet for results.
> on open x
> tell application "Finder"
> set y to location of internet location file (x as text)
> display dialog y
> end tell
> end open
>
> If you want to do url's straight from the browser, I think you are going
> to have to learn a little Cocoa. At the very least, it will require
> something besides a standard script droplet (Applescript Studio App)
> since droplets won't accept URL drops. You might find this interesting.
>
> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/O
> bjC_classic/Classes/NSPasteboard.html
>
> I've got cocoa code lying around for NSTableViews and such, but not for
> drops directly on an app's icon. It probably only requires you to
> declare the URI handlers in the info.plist and catch it in the right
> place though.
>
> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Conceptual/LaunchServices
> Concepts/LSCConcepts/chapter_2_section_4.html

Thanks very much. That's really useful.
--
rik